Golf

When given the choice to play soccer, baseball, basketball or golf, you can see the clear winner.  Soon he'll be joining Dada and Pop Pop on the annual golf outing. Thinking about taking him to mini-golf with me this summer. Anyone try that with a 3.5 year old?

Goodnight

As much as I love this kid, I do love his bedtime! Now where's that bottle of wine....

Florida, Part 2

 The second half of our trip was spent in southern Florida with the Gordon side of the family. Our trip overlapped with my sister and her son Levi by a day, so the boys had a chance to bicker (above) and play (below). Andrew is 15 months older, and Levi is finally old enough for parallel play. It was nice for us to sit around and chat and watch them do their thing without needing too much supervision.

 The primary reason we went to Florida was to visit my grandparents. I'm so thankful that Andrew has great grandparents who actually know him! Grandpa Sol above, and Grandma Sandy below hosted us for a few nights. They are both (don't ask, they broke their hips the same day) at the end of their recovery from hip surgery and are doing quite well.

         My Aunt Nina hosted us for a night, and was even nice enough to buy Andrew a paint set.

Florida, Part 1

Sorry for not posting sooner, once we returned, Andrew was sick and its just now that things are returning to normal.

The first half of our trip to FL was spent with Shawn's side of the family (though Shawn didn't come on the vacation.) We surprised his sister by showing up at their door along with her parents, who were expected. What fun that was! She was caught so off guard, and burst into tears when she saw us. My father in law has a great video of the moment that hopefuly I can get a hold of and post on the blog.

We spent time at a state park, a zoo, and some local alligator attractions, as well as at the pool hotel and my sister in law's home. Weather was beautiful and Andrew enjoyed seeing everyone.

Back from Florida

Sorry for the unannounced hiatus, we spent a week in Florida with family. Til I get those pic sorted through, I'll share a few more activities we were trying out at home before we left. Great rainy day solutions if you're looking for some new ones.

Microwave a plate, then draw on it with crayons. The crayons melt and then wipe off really easily so you can do it over and over again.

 Glue googly eyes into coloring books.

Match alphabet beads to an alphabet print-out sheet.

Easter

 Easter Egg Hunt in Washington Park with the Troy Kids - its become our annual tradition.

He's Mine! No, He's Mine! 

Another Easter Egg hunt has passed. The weather was beautiful so we met friends Juni and Isabella, along with their parents, out in the park for a fun morning of running around and eating candy. I pretty much let Andrew binge that morning at the park, just so that we'd have no chocolate left to bring home and whine about.

Reading and Writing

Andrew's starting to write! Still a lefty. If you can make it out, he wrote "MAMA" in gold marker :) He also made one for Dada. And he sounded out his first 5-letter word today: bagel. Guess he does have some of those Jewish genes after all!

The L Word

Lately, every other sentence out of his mouth is something about how much he loves me. "Mama, I love you, can I eat now?" "Mama, don't be sad, I love you!" "Mama I just made a doo doo in my underoos, I love you!" Thought I'd get one on video as a keepsake.

Messy Bin

More sensory play for cold days (not spring here yet.) I threw in sand, balls, letters, sprinkles, cars, cupcake holders and whatever else I could find - he played with it for hours! His particular interest is collecting bb pellets from around the neighborhood and doing I-Spy with them in the messy bin when we get back home.